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A serious firmware flaw in COLDCARD hardware wallets has shaken the Bitcoin community after researchers linked it to large-scale wallet thefts. The issue affects seed generation, where some firmware versions produced recovery phrases with significantly lower entropy than intended. That makes the 24-word seed phrase far more predictable, allowing attackers to brute-force private keys in cases where users relied solely on the generated seed. Reports indicate hundreds of wallets have already been drained, with approximately 594 BTC stolen.

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[–] CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash 1 points 22 hours ago

Since the bankers hijacked BTC in 2017 it has been all downhill from there.